NASPE Expert Consensus Conference: Radiofrequency catheter ablation in children with and without congenital heart disease. Report of the writing committee

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1000-1017

  Friedman, Richard A ^a   Walsh, Edward P ^b   Silka, Michael J ^c   Calkins, Hugh ^d   Stevenson, William G ^e   Rhodes, Larry A ^f   Deal, Barbara J ^g   Wolff, Grace S ^h   Demaso, David R ^b   Hanisch, Debra ⁱ   Van Hare, George F ⁱ  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHEEP; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SEDATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SHEEP; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; ANIMAL; HUMAN;

EID: 0036311371     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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